Ranking of Texas Counties By Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on September 3, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the population of Texas (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent was 4,563,619. Among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent (685,095), followed by Dallas County (379,095), and Tarrant County (318,869).
The chart below shows the top 10 Texas counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
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Related Topics: Texas ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Ranking of Texas Counties By Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of High School Graduate or Equivalent in 2021
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| Rank | County | Number of People |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris County | 685095 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 379095 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | 318869 |
| 4 | Bexar County | 311876 |
| 5 | Travis County | 138636 |
| 6 | El Paso County | 126250 |
| 7 | Hidalgo County | 118834 |
| 8 | Collin County | 100786 |
| 9 | Denton County | 99340 |
| 10 | Fort Bend County | 93130 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 91933 |
| 12 | Williamson County | 73860 |
| 13 | Nueces County | 67992 |
| 14 | Cameron County | 64783 |
| 15 | Brazoria County | 58256 |
| 16 | Bell County | 57657 |
| 17 | Galveston County | 56847 |
| 18 | Jefferson County | 54607 |
| 19 | Lubbock County | 47375 |
| 20 | McLennan County | 42373 |
| 21 | Johnson County | 40709 |
| 22 | Smith County | 36697 |
| 23 | Webb County | 35298 |
| 24 | Guadalupe County | 34022 |
| 25 | Ellis County | 33040 |
| 26 | Hays County | 32279 |
| 27 | Ector County | 28594 |
| 28 | Wichita County | 27245 |
| 29 | Grayson County | 27226 |
| 30 | Parker County | 26714 |
| 31 | Kaufman County | 26567 |
| 32 | Brazos County | 26178 |
| 33 | Comal County | 26139 |
| 34 | Taylor County | 25623 |
| 35 | Midland County | 25181 |
| 36 | Potter County | 23774 |
| 37 | Hunt County | 22914 |
| 38 | Tom Green County | 22547 |
| 39 | Gregg County | 22532 |
| 40 | Liberty County | 22359 |
| 41 | Randall County | 21697 |
| 42 | Bowie County | 21271 |
| 43 | Orange County | 20535 |
| 44 | Bastrop County | 19484 |
| 45 | Walker County | 19393 |
| 46 | Henderson County | 19387 |
| 47 | Victoria County | 18268 |
| 48 | Angelina County | 17909 |
| 49 | Anderson County | 16454 |
| 50 | Wise County | 15481 |
| 51 | Hardin County | 14979 |
| 52 | Coryell County | 14959 |
| 53 | Harrison County | 14955 |
| 54 | San Patricio County | 14265 |
| 55 | Polk County | 13350 |
| 56 | Van Zandt County | 13189 |
| 57 | Atascosa County | 12335 |
| 57 | Hood County | 12335 |
| 58 | Rockwall County | 12321 |
| 59 | Rusk County | 11939 |
| 60 | Lamar County | 11724 |
| 61 | Nacogdoches County | 11478 |
| 62 | Caldwell County | 11351 |
| 63 | Wilson County | 11016 |
| 64 | Kerr County | 10920 |
| 65 | Medina County | 10919 |
| 66 | Burnet County | 10565 |
| 67 | Wood County | 10398 |
| 68 | Navarro County | 10106 |
| 69 | Jasper County | 10088 |
| 70 | Cherokee County | 10009 |
| 71 | Starr County | 9651 |
| 72 | Waller County | 9556 |
| 73 | Upshur County | 9453 |
| 74 | Jim Wells County | 9377 |
| 75 | Brown County | 9231 |
| 76 | Cooke County | 8911 |
| 77 | Fannin County | 8760 |
| 78 | Maverick County | 8684 |
| 79 | Cass County | 8624 |
| 80 | Hopkins County | 8558 |
| 81 | Hill County | 8388 |
| 82 | Howard County | 8037 |
| 83 | Wharton County | 7812 |
| 84 | Washington County | 7633 |
| 85 | San Jacinto County | 7535 |
| 86 | Val Verde County | 7410 |
| 87 | Chambers County | 7403 |
| 88 | Titus County | 7143 |
| 89 | Palo Pinto County | 7074 |
| 90 | Matagorda County | 7060 |
| 91 | Fayette County | 6953 |
| 92 | Austin County | 6949 |
| 93 | Erath County | 6922 |
| 94 | Bee County | 6908 |
| 95 | Milam County | 6905 |
| 96 | Grimes County | 6733 |
| 97 | Hale County | 6483 |
| 98 | Aransas County | 6044 |
| 99 | Houston County | 5977 |
| 100 | Kleberg County | 5754 |
| 101 | DeWitt County | 5681 |
| 102 | Jones County | 5655 |
| 103 | Tyler County | 5639 |
| 104 | Shelby County | 5595 |
| 105 | Lavaca County | 5530 |
| 106 | Gonzales County | 5506 |
| 107 | Limestone County | 5395 |
| 108 | Gillespie County | 5147 |
| 109 | Montague County | 5129 |
| 110 | Colorado County | 4986 |
| 111 | Lee County | 4960 |
| 112 | Willacy County | 4925 |
| 113 | Lampasas County | 4729 |
| 114 | Gray County | 4683 |
| 115 | Panola County | 4633 |
| 116 | Freestone County | 4619 |
| 117 | Bandera County | 4574 |
| 118 | Uvalde County | 4537 |
| 119 | Hutchinson County | 4503 |
| 120 | Frio County | 4497 |
| 121 | Kendall County | 4431 |
| 122 | Llano County | 4424 |
| 123 | Deaf Smith County | 4419 |
| 124 | Calhoun County | 4401 |
| 125 | Robertson County | 4392 |
| 126 | Bosque County | 4347 |
| 127 | Burleson County | 4229 |
| 128 | Leon County | 4034 |
| 129 | Falls County | 4022 |
| 130 | Moore County | 3914 |
| 130 | Young County | 3914 |
| 131 | Trinity County | 3886 |
| 132 | Pecos County | 3821 |
| 133 | Newton County | 3794 |
| 134 | Karnes County | 3751 |
| 135 | Reeves County | 3727 |
| 136 | Gaines County | 3707 |
| 137 | Madison County | 3674 |
| 138 | Scurry County | 3600 |
| 139 | Hockley County | 3584 |
| 140 | Red River County | 3552 |
| 141 | Eastland County | 3526 |
| 142 | Morris County | 3450 |
| 143 | Andrews County | 3441 |
| 144 | Callahan County | 3317 |
| 145 | Jackson County | 3289 |
| 146 | Rains County | 3255 |
| 147 | Nolan County | 3134 |
| 148 | Comanche County | 3042 |
| 149 | Lamb County | 2981 |
| 150 | Wilbarger County | 2893 |
| 151 | Marion County | 2825 |
| 152 | Camp County | 2758 |
| 153 | Sabine County | 2660 |
| 154 | Dawson County | 2576 |
| 155 | Zapata County | 2573 |
| 156 | Live Oak County | 2570 |
| 157 | Clay County | 2562 |
| 158 | Ward County | 2509 |
| 159 | San Augustine County | 2508 |
| 160 | Blanco County | 2493 |
| 161 | Runnels County | 2424 |
| 162 | Terry County | 2344 |
| 163 | Mitchell County | 2307 |
| 164 | Archer County | 2295 |
| 165 | Jack County | 2212 |
| 166 | Stephens County | 2149 |
| 167 | Duval County | 2134 |
| 168 | Somervell County | 2104 |
| 169 | La Salle County | 2076 |
| 170 | Hamilton County | 2025 |
| 171 | Ochiltree County | 2018 |
| 172 | Franklin County | 1968 |
| 173 | Refugio County | 1916 |
| 174 | Coleman County | 1844 |
| 174 | Zavala County | 1844 |
| 175 | Childress County | 1805 |
| 176 | McCulloch County | 1796 |
| 177 | Dimmit County | 1793 |
| 178 | Parmer County | 1638 |
| 179 | Swisher County | 1586 |
| 180 | San Saba County | 1514 |
| 181 | Bailey County | 1481 |
| 182 | Castro County | 1475 |
| 183 | Goliad County | 1459 |
| 184 | Haskell County | 1457 |
| 185 | Hartley County | 1439 |
| 186 | Winkler County | 1399 |
| 187 | Yoakum County | 1390 |
| 188 | Garza County | 1385 |
| 189 | Dallam County | 1361 |
| 190 | Carson County | 1302 |
| 191 | Crosby County | 1286 |
| 192 | Brooks County | 1257 |
| 193 | Brewster County | 1173 |
| 194 | Wheeler County | 1154 |
| 195 | Delta County | 1136 |
| 196 | Crane County | 1079 |
| 197 | Floyd County | 1053 |
| 198 | Mills County | 1047 |
| 199 | Lynn County | 1035 |
| 200 | Martin County | 1028 |
| 201 | Concho County | 944 |
| 202 | Baylor County | 934 |
| 203 | Jim Hogg County | 930 |
| 204 | Kimble County | 924 |
| 205 | Hansford County | 921 |
| 206 | Fisher County | 917 |
| 207 | Hardeman County | 913 |
| 208 | Crockett County | 850 |
| 209 | Reagan County | 835 |
| 210 | Hemphill County | 815 |
| 211 | Upton County | 812 |
| 212 | Coke County | 766 |
| 213 | Real County | 753 |
| 214 | Sutton County | 730 |
| 215 | Knox County | 715 |
| 216 | Donley County | 677 |
| 217 | Hall County | 657 |
| 218 | Kinney County | 630 |
| 219 | Culberson County | 597 |
| 220 | Lipscomb County | 568 |
| 221 | Cochran County | 562 |
| 222 | Mason County | 557 |
| 223 | Hudspeth County | 527 |
| 224 | Presidio County | 523 |
| 225 | Schleicher County | 486 |
| 226 | Shackelford County | 478 |
| 227 | Collingsworth County | 434 |
| 228 | Oldham County | 411 |
| 229 | Menard County | 385 |
| 230 | Dickens County | 384 |
| 231 | Sterling County | 375 |
| 232 | Armstrong County | 356 |
| 233 | Throckmorton County | 352 |
| 234 | Sherman County | 351 |
| 235 | Briscoe County | 345 |
| 236 | Stonewall County | 306 |
| 237 | Cottle County | 286 |
| 238 | Irion County | 281 |
| 239 | Jeff Davis County | 274 |
| 240 | Motley County | 268 |
| 241 | McMullen County | 224 |
| 242 | Terrell County | 221 |
| 243 | Edwards County | 200 |
| 244 | Foard County | 193 |
| 245 | Roberts County | 189 |
| 246 | Glasscock County | 152 |
| 247 | Kent County | 103 |
| 248 | Borden County | 89 |
| 249 | King County | 59 |
| 250 | Kenedy County | 15 |
| 251 | Loving County | 9 |